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No. 234,323. Patented Nov. 9, 1880.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,323, dated November9, 1880.

Application filed September 15, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosEPH POND NoYEs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Bingha-mton, in the county ofBroome and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in boxes specially adapted forpacking and displaying combs.

Hitherto combs have been packed in a long piece of paper, in which theyare rolled with their backs and teeth-points alternately placed, saidroll containing a half-dozen, and two such rolls placed in a box; but insuch method the combs cannot be displayed without disarranging the wholepackage.

The objects of my improvements are to provide a compact box in which atier or row of combs can be attractively displayed from each side by theutilization of pockets formed by a holder of alternate folds, in whichthe combs are held'in double ranks, side by side; to afford facilitiesfor the display of the comb-backs in separate tiers, and for theseparate handling and display of each comb in a compact holder withoutdisarranging the package; to provide a holder in which separate tiers ofcombs can be displayed in the least possible space and with the leastrisk of damage or displacement in such display, and to produce, inconvenient form, packages of combs for wholesale and for retail sales,in which one or both tiers of the combs can be inspected in a box madeattractive and distinguishable from similar tradepackages.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view, inperspective, of the box, with one of the half-eases open to expose oneof the tiers of combs in the holder of alternate folds; Fig. 2, thecomb-holder and its carrier detached from the hinged halfoases; Fig. 3,a cross-section of the same; Fig. 4, a vertical longitudinal section ofthe same on the line 3 y of Fig. 5, which is ahorizontal section of thesame on the line 00 as of Fig. 4, showing the manner of uniting thepaper sides of the carrier by metallic lap ends; Fig. 6, one of themetallic lap ends in blank; Fig. 7, one of the metallic ends as struckup in form to be applied to the paper sides, Fig. 8, a perspective ofone of the metallic ends as formed complete for uniting the carrier and(No model.)

holder of alternate lap-pockets, and Fig. 9 a portionof such holder.

The case of the box is formed of two covers, a a, which I prefer to joinat one end of each by paper labels pasted over the joint, so that eithermay be opened in relation to an interior holder of alternatelap-pockets, to display a tier of combs in each side of the case.

The comb-holder proper is preferably of a single piece of stout paperfolded in a manner to form pockets 1), opening on opposite sides toreceive the combs, so that the toothed part of each will lap, bringingthe points of the teeth of the comb in one pocket by the side of theback of the comb in the adjacent pocket, and the teeth of each entirelyinclosed by the folds, while exposing the comb backs only above thepockets,as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. This holder is securedwithin a carrier composed of paper sides 0 c and metallic ends (I (I,the latter serving not only as the means for uniting the paper sides,but of securing the holder within the carrier and of maintainingtheproper relation of the alternate folds to each other within saidcarrier.

The depth of the carrier is equal to that of both covers, within whichit fits; but the depth of the holder is less than that of the carrier byan amount equal to the projection of the combbacks above the pockets, sothat the covers will form a close joining when closed upon the oppositetiers of combs, and it is important for this purpose that the holder befixed, inasmuch as it cannot rest upon either cover, but must beretained within the carrier, so that it cannot slip to either side, asshown in Fig. 3.

The metallic ends d at overlap, by returns or angular bends e e, theouter sides of the ends of the paper sides, the return ends or angularbends ff of which overlap the inner sides of said metallic ends, whilefingers g g, from the top and bottom ed gcs of said metallic ends, aresprung oxer the inner sides of the angular bends f f, as in Figs. 4 and5, and thus secure and clamp the paper sides 0 to the metallic ends.Thefingers 9 got the metallic ends are formed by scallops in a manner toextend down into each pocket and over the ridge of each alternate foldof the holder, and thus secure its opposite ends and preserve therelation of its folds to each other. The fingers may extend to thebottom of the pockets, and be of metal strong enough to hold the holderwith sufficient gripe to make a strong box without depending upon theside strips. In this way the holder for the combs and its carrier aresecured together by the metallic ends and the folds of the holder heldat equal distances apart. In applying these metallic ends theiredge-laps are first upset in right-angle positions, as shown in Fig. 7,and the serrated or scalloped parts are afterward pressed or sprung intothe pockets, into which they stand at a slight angle, the better to holdthe ends of the alternate folds, as in Fig. 4. For this purpose thefingers must alternate so as to be coincident with the alternatingpockets of the opposite sides of the holder. The use of these fasteningmetallic ends also admits of the employment of an ornamental anddistinctive device, by which the package is rendered at tractive andrecognizable in the trade.

Each of the covers or half-cases may serve in its turn as the bottom ofthe box, while the contents of the other side are exposed for sale, thuskeeping the articles in one-half of the package fresh until the othersare disposed of, displaying the backs only of each half, and arranging adozen of combs or similar articles within the least possible space.

The combs are packed in a thin paper lining conforming to the folds ofthe holder.

The hinging of the covers may be dispensed with, or they may be formedof the same piece as the side strips of the carrier, one cover beingjointed to one edge of one side, as at z, and the other cover jointed tothe edge 2 of the other side of the carrier, as in Fig. 3.

I claim 1. In a box, the combination of a holder of alternate folds,with a carrier therefor, consisting of paper sides and metallic ends,the latter provided with means for securing the sides and holdertogether, and for maintaining the proper distance apart of the folds ofsaid holder within the box on both sides, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A box constructed of paper sides, metallic ends, and a holder ofalternate folds, the folds of the holder having a less depth than thatof the sides, and the metallic ends having fingers adapted to fit in thepockets of said alternate folds within each side of the box, whereby thetoothed parts of the combs are inclosed side by side, and their backsoutside of said alternate folds and beneath the covers 011 each side,substantially as herein set forth.

3. The carrier for a comb-holder of alternate folds, consisting of thepaper sides 0 0, having the return ends ff, and the metallic ends (1 (I,having fingers g g on two opposite edges, and return ends 0 c on theirother edges, said return ends f f lapping the inner sides of themetallic ends and clamped thereto by said fingers, and said return ends0 e lapping the outer paper sides, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

4. In a box composed of half-covers, a combholder consisting ofalternate folds opening in separate tiers in the covers, and ot' a depthless than that of the covers when closed, in combination with a carrierfor said holder, having a depth equal to that of the covers when closed,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH POND NOYES.

\Vitnesses ALEXANDER D. BEARD, OLIVER DEAN.

